Trees and plants... Where have you been all my life? (What have I been looking at all my life?!)

I've started paying closer attention to them as I began volunteering at the Arnold Arboretum in the fall of 2017. My small world is erupting.

A shiny amateur naturalist with a new borrowed toy (Leica EZ4HD microscope). As the software for the microscope is not working on my computer, I sort of shoot in the dark furiously and obsessively, hoping for a lucky shot. I just want to share the resemblance of what I am seeing with my own two eyes.

Images before 2009 are my fond memories of making small handmade goods. I had as much fun as I'm having now.